Hokkaido,satellite image. North is at top. Natural colour satellite image showing Hokkaido region of Japan,with the other 7 Japanese regions shaded out. Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Hokkaido is the country's second largest Island. Located in the Pacific Ocean,it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan (blue,centre),China (upper left to far left),North Korea (upper centre-left),South Korea (lower centre-left) and Russia (upper right),and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk (blue,upper right) to the East China Sea (blue,lower left). The Philippines Sea is at lower right). Image compiled from data acquired by the LANDSAT 5 and 7 satellites,in 2000. Images highlighting all other regions of this country are available. For further information please contact SPL. Images highlighting all other regions of this country are available. For further information please contact SPL |